Lord Freud said his great-grandfather 'worked while having cancer' (of the jaw and mouth) with pride! Has no-one pointed out to him that there were no sickness benefits in Sigmund's day so it wouldn't have been a choice but a necessity. Stupid boy, needs his head testing - and his dodgy 'spin' on his own family history.

Lord Freud said his great-grandfather 'worked while having cancer' (of the jaw and mouth) with pride! Has no-one pointed out to him that there were no sickness benefits in Sigmund's day so it wouldn't have been a choice but a necessity. Stupid boy, needs his head testing - and his dodgy 'spin' on his own family history.

Couldn't fit that into limerick form :-)

Your right but of course he was rich enough, he did not need to carry on he did.....

"Lord Freud said his great-grandfather 'worked while having cancer' (of the jaw and mouth) with pride!Has no-one pointed out to him that there were no sickness benefits in Sigmund's day so it wouldn't have been a choice but a necessity. Stupid boy, needs his head testing - and his dodgy 'spin' on his own family history.

Couldn't fit that into limerick form :-)"

The truth is that if they had been so sick that they couldn't get out of bed in the morning then 'back in the day' he would have died from starvation due to sincerely not being able to work.

This is why our welfare system was created - or one of the reasons.

Do people not think that there were those who died because they were disabled and so impoverished from not being able to work? Those that did manage jobs here while dealing with disability before the welfare system was introduced would have greatly reduced their life expectancy in my opinion. It's like those who have the gall to tell me to get a grip and get a job or those who compare my life to that of someone in Africa.

The thing they don't realise is that I wouldn't have survived past a certain age if I lived in one of those countries where the governments don't take care of their own people - as many DO die whether that's out of AIDs, poverty, disability, disease or any other whole host of reasons.

I dislike the comparison angle anyway - it's not an argument that can ever hold any water. Comparing 'then' to 'now' is impossible to do because we apply the same standards in which we live in now to back then - when things were very different.

hi sue did you see the bebb news this morning on sick notes .and the woman with ms who loves to go to work with the help of he nice boss and goverment who pay for taxies for her. one sided bbc but the doctor on the news did say the that esa is not working right . has some of the peaple that are not fit for work are made to look for it.but i think she dose not understand the way esa works she said that peaple with hip replacement and the big c will be ok .but peaple with back pain and depression are the main targets has the woman with ms said i like to pay my way and staying home would no good for me so all peaple with ms can work but are to lazy just get a taxie that what the bbc news think and goverment what a load of crap the report is by professor dame carol black

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